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Is Cycling bad for you ?

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  • February 4, 2015 at 10:13 pm #23188
    ianrobo

    This piece refers to Jogging but could not the same apply to cycling ?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31095384

    Or is it complete and utter rubbish or is jogging as they suggest dangerous over a certain amount but cycling is no ??

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  • February 5, 2015 at 6:34 pm #830747
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    ianrobo

    oh the boring to death I have
    oh the boring to death I have got to a tee now !

    February 5, 2015 at 6:28 pm #830745
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    crikey

    Quote:Cheers and the bits I

    Cheers and the bits I could understand obviously relates to running which I presume causes greater issues than cycling due to the impact nature ?

    I don’t think there is anything specific about running or about impacts.

    It basically says that doing lots (and lots and lots) of exercise makes your heart change and this may, in some people, perhaps, change the way it conducts the electrical impulses that make it beat in a steady way.

    It also says you’ll live longer than folk who don’t exercise and can bore them to death by telling them so.

    February 5, 2015 at 5:50 pm #830743
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    barbarus

    The trouble with life is that
    The trouble with life is that has been proved to cause death in 100% of cases.

    February 5, 2015 at 5:04 pm #830741
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    jacknorell

    ianrobo wrote:I have a friend

    ianrobo wrote:
    I have a friend who is a cardiologist and he has some research to back this up and says if you get above lifetime 1500 hours exercise there is evidence to show it is detrimental.

    I’m surprised I haven’t dropped dead yet. I’m sure I spent enough time just running around in the woods as a K3 kid to get far more exercise than that…

    February 5, 2015 at 4:40 pm #830739
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    ianrobo

    nope not me at all, never
    nope not me at all, never felt fitter and better in my whole life.

    February 5, 2015 at 3:41 pm #830737
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    Kapelmuur

    If cycling was proven to be
    If cycling was proven to be bad for our health how many of us would give it up?

    February 5, 2015 at 11:13 am #830735
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    Man of Lard

    ianrobo wrote:… if you get

    ianrobo wrote:
    … if you get above lifetime 1500 hours exercise ….

    Surely even the most sedentary of people will do that – even if you die at 50 that’s only 30 hours per year… say 35 minutes per week… 5 minutes per day… and if you’re that out of shape even getting out of the chair for more cakes will get your heart racing.

    Life is wasted on the living 🙂

    February 5, 2015 at 10:58 am #830733
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    Shep73

    My resting HR is around 42-47
    My resting HR is around 42-47 ( I’m 41 years young), I do a stressful job but my blood pressure is spot on. My heart doesn’t have to work as hard as someone’s who spends all day on the Xbox. This is down to cycling. That’s all the evidence I need to know it’s a good thing. I’ve had some big crashes/injuries from mtbing, and I will suffer later in life but I wouldn’t change a bloody thing. I’d rather die living than live dieing.

    February 5, 2015 at 10:42 am #830731
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    ianrobo

    crikey

    crikey wrote:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538475/

    is probably the research your cardiologist is talking about.

    Cheers and the bits I could understand obviously relates to running which I presume causes greater issues than cycling due to the impact nature ?

    February 5, 2015 at 9:45 am #830729
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    crikey

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/p
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3538475/

    is probably the research your cardiologist is talking about.

    February 5, 2015 at 9:39 am #830727
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    sincadena

    dunno about it being bad for
    dunno about it being bad for me, but over the last 40 years(35 of them racing) I’ve managed to break 3 wrists, 4 ankles, countless ribs, 9 skull fractures, 2 vertebrae, and a arm that has more titanium than most bikes. I’ve also met the mrs, and I’m constantly skint from lusting after shiny-shiny bike porn.. as is her indoors… plus a rather big strava kom addiction

    But, I look a lot younger than most of my mates, and I don’t have as many health problems as they do… and if someone reckons that sitting on the sofa will make me healthier, as opposed to riding, than he has fook all idea about the joys of cycling or any form of exercise. wouldn’t surprise me if said article was sponsored by the FBATFOSC*

    *Fat B@stards Association To F#ck Over Skinny Cnuts

    February 5, 2015 at 9:37 am #830725
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    ianrobo

    I have a friend who is a
    I have a friend who is a cardiologist and he has some research to back this up and says if you get above lifetime 1500 hours exercise there is evidence to show it is detrimental.

    February 5, 2015 at 8:37 am #830723
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    OldRidgeback

    Research shows exercise is
    Research shows exercise is good for you. Cycling and swimming are particularly good due to there being little impact shock. Anyone who says anything else is, frankly speaking, talking utter b******s.

    February 4, 2015 at 11:10 pm #830721
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    2 Wheeled Idiot

    Well if cycling is as bad as
    Well if cycling is as bad as sitting on the sofa stuffing my face, I’d rather be happy and on my bike than sitting in front of the box….
    It also helps me massively with concentration, riding in the days leading up to an exam really helps stress and concentration…..which could have health benefits not measured in this single study

    February 4, 2015 at 10:38 pm #830719
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    OnTheRopes

    Quote:Researcher Jacob Louis

    Researcher Jacob Louis Marott, from the Frederiksberg Hospital in Copenhagen, said: “You don’t actually have to do that much to have a good impact on your health.

    “And perhaps you shouldn’t actually do too much.

    “No exercise recommendations across the globe mention an upper limit for safe exercise, but perhaps there is one.”

    I think the key word here is ‘perhaps’ and perhaps there isn’t an upper limit?

    However I do believe a significant number of long term veteran racing cyclists have developed irregular heartbeat issues. Not sure of the correct term.

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